post your greatest achievements in the field of procrastination

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still working on weekly reports from my internship from this summer, which was wrapped up in early september

(♥___♥) (roxymuzak), Monday, 8 October 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link

I think leaving filing my tax returns for six yrs was up there. nice when I finally did em and made like 4 grand back mind u.

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 07:36 (eleven years ago) link

i'm 31

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 09:46 (eleven years ago) link

I still haven't started some things that were due in 8th grade

Me too!

tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link

wearing clothes i'd forgotten i owned as laundromat-avoidance extends into its fourth week

mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link

darraghmac is procrastinating re: turning 32

(♥___♥) (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link

otm, fightin it iirc

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link

i have some screenplays in a box i still need to read and give back with coverage notes to the company where i did my college internship.

omar little, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link

beginning 12 hour midterm assignment the afternoon before due date. chair is a little uncomfortable, begin knitting an oversized cushion for it

― (♥___♥) (roxymuzak)

actual irl lols at this one tbh

omar little, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link

I started my 400-level communication law final research paper 12 hours before it was due and just researched it as I wrote it; got an A

bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link

i am really really bad at this

crisp apple morning (clouds), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link

i am really really bad good at this

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bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link

unless you mean you are really really bad at not doing things promptly and on time in which case applause/gtfo

bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link

dining table and chairs flat and boxed and staring accusatorily at me for the last 3 days

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link

xp procrastination is where i'm a viking!

crisp apple morning (clouds), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link

Tomorrow I have to get a filling that I rescheduled from 2 years ago.

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link

lol i love rescheduling things so much

We demand justice: who murdered Chanel? (Matt P), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link

^^^ particularly in a calender app, it feels so much like real work, even though really it's computer aided procrastination.

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link

I accomplished a task! I moved this task to another day!

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link

when you do it over the phone you get to sound busy!

We demand justice: who murdered Chanel? (Matt P), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link

"I crossed a task off my to-do list: 'phone Bob and postpone our really important meeting (again)'"

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link

Making a phone call to reschedule something is accomplishing a task. Did it! Check!

xp exactly

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link

manager: "What did you accomplish today?"
snoball: "I touched base with Bob!"
manager: "Good work, keep it up."

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link

today at a rescheduled meeting i set the date for a meeting in which we will finish the brainstorming that we didn't finish today

-- finish brainstorming: scheduled! check!

can't wait to reschedule that one

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link

that post makes me sick just thinking about it

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link

Actually the best/worst meeting I ever had in one of my old jobs was a meeting with a manager where we discussed how behind the department was with various client projects. Consciously I knew everything was f-ed up, but subconsciously I could feel that I was getting a buzz out of this non-work/pretend work. We were sitting in a conference room! We were discussing deadlines! We were looking at a complex printout of a work schedule! We were using different coloured highlighters to prioritise project tasks! We were setting new deadlines!

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link

i did that today! there was an incomprehensible spreadsheet and minutes being taken!

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link

Any meeting where:
a) minutes are taken,
b) someone connects a video projector to their laptop and shows everyone a spreadsheet,
c) people make sure to bring a little cup of water from the watercooler
...is basically a meeting where nothing of consequence will happen and no important decisions will be made.

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link

There are two conference room meeting scenes that spring to my mind: the first is the scene with the computer software sales guy in Fight Club, and the second is (possibly real) from The Kids Are Alright, where Townshend is discussing the future of the group, and suddenly Moon gets bored and does a handstand on the table to illustrate Pete's thought that the The Who were going to end up as a cabaret act.

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link

we have been provided with a template for minutes, just fill in the blanks with a few sentences of syntactically sound but meaningless nonsense and BOOM you check something off the list
yes, i DO have minutes from that meeting

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/hwWMH.gif

barthes simpson, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link

five years pass...

After ten years, got working smoke alarms by moving to a house with working smoke alarms. There was a functioning smoke alarm sitting on a shelf for most of those ten years just needing a battery and to be fitted.

home, home and deranged (ledge), Friday, 3 August 2018 10:43 (five years ago) link


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